<h4>Chapter 9: The Second Commercial</h4>


    Trantor: EndlessFantasy Trantion Editor: EndlessFantasy Trantion


    Yes, the video that frightened millions of people was just a special effect in the eyes of the public.


    Although there was a small number of people who spected that this scarecrow could have been a ghost or something, most people justughed at those kinds of statements.


    It was the 21st century. How could anyone still believe in ghosts and spirits and things like that?


    They were living in an era of science, okay?


    Those kinds of videos were definitely shot using scientific methods.


    Either the special effect was added into the videoter on or they used a sophisticated tool created by science.


    As for ghosts and spirits, it was just nonsense.


    However, there were still many professionals in this world.


    Somements left by a person called “Special Effects Wizard” appeared in thements section, which was quickly pushed to the front row.


    [I’m a professional in video special effects. I believe many people have seen my videos on YouTube.


    [I’ve been in the special effects profession for more than ten years. Today, I’ll bet my career on this.


    [This is definitely not an effect that special effects can produce!]


    As soon as thisment was posted, many subments immediately appeared.


    [Oh my God, it’s actually the Special Effects Wizard!]


    [Even the Special Effects Wizard said so. Looks like this scarecrow really isn’t a special effect.]


    [Haven’t you guys heard of the saying ‘there will always be someone better than you’? There will always be someone better than you in the world. Don’t be too confident.]


    [The person above, do you really not know who Special Effects Wizard is? Go to his page and look at his special effects videos. You’ll understand how stupid yourment is.]


    [I’m dying ofughter. Someone actually questioned thement of the Special Effects Wizard. He’s the best special effects wizard in the world, okay?]


    [But if it isn’t a special effect, what’s with this video then?]


    [Could there really be a ghost?]


    [Sir, are you stupid? This must be a prop!]


    [Yes, that’s right. It must be a prop. Does anyone know whichpany produced this prop?]


    [I’ve never heard of anypany making such props. It might be a new product they’re testing out.]


    [I see. Perhaps this video’s actually an advertisement!]


    This time, most of theizens believed it.


    Including the Special Effects Wizard!


    Since the scarecrow was not made with special effects, it must have been a sophisticated kind of prop.


    The video was probably an advertisement then.


    It was a pre-sale advertisement for the scarecrow.


    If it really was an advertisement, it was undoubtedly very sessful.


    Everyone who watched the video was already wondering whichpany had made such a sophisticated prop.


    The scarecrow in the video had such a lifelike face, almost as if it was alive!


    However, just when everyone thought somepany would announce that they were the ones who created the scarecrow, the inte went silent.


    There was no news on the inte.


    Not a single announcement was made.


    In fact, countlesspanies rted to props and toys were watching the news on the inte.


    They, too, wanted to know whichpetitor was so powerful.


    All of a sudden, theizens were confused.


    The advertisement was so sessful. Why did the manufacturer not reveal themselves?


    It was the first time the inte saw an advertisement without the actual sale of the product.


    Just as everyone was discussing this matter intensely, ament appeared on the inte.


    [I heard my grandfather say that there seem to be monsters in this world. Even their names are weird!


    [There are all kinds of strange things. Some can transform into animals while others can transform into certain objects.


    [On top of that, they seem to have magical powers!


    [I suspect that this scarecrow’s just as strange!]


    Not long after this message appeared in thements section, it was forcefully deleted.


    However, there were still many people who had already seen thisment.


    There were even some who took a screenshot of it.


    However, everyone generally did not believe thement.


    Not only did everyone not believe it, they even found thement incredibly funny.


    [Come on, are you telling us some old ghost story?]


    [How can anyone believe in such superstitious beliefs?]


    [If there are really monsters in this world, I’ll run around Harvard University naked!]


    The fact that thement about the weird monsters was instantly deleted right after it was posted proved everything.


    Perhaps even thementer himself felt that thement was too ridiculous, so he deleted it himself.


    Obviously, no one took the weirdness seriously.


    Just as everyone scoffed at it, a new video appeared.


    The video was shot at the same ce the ‘Charlie’s Game’ video was taken.


    It was the abandoned farm!


    The poprity of the video had not subsided, so everyone who had seen ‘Charlie’s Game’ could not help but to click it.


    When they clicked it, they were shocked again.


    In the video, a faint sound of dripping water could be heard.


    The dim lighting made it very ufortable.


    When the camera moved, a bird’s caw was heard.


    Then, there was the sound of pping wings.


    Just as everyone was concentrating on the video, a bird flew into the frame and in the bird’s mouth, there was an eyeball.


    An eyeball covered in blood.


    Almost everyone who saw this scene gulped.


    However, in the next moment, their faces truly turned pale.


    As the camera continued to pan slowly, two figures appeared on the screen.


    One of them was lying on a haystack with a twisted face. Both of his feet were chopped off and his blood was continuously flowing.


    What was even more terrifying was that this person’s skin was actually shriveled. He looked like he had not eaten for a week.


    Even his eyes had sunk into its sockets.


    Besides this person, blood kept dripping down from above.


    Above him, there was a corpse hanging from the beam.


    This was the second figure—half a figure, to be more precise, as his lower half hadpletely disappeared.


    It was as if someone had cut him in half with a chainsaw.


    The blood seemed to have been dripping from the corpse for a while.


    At that time, it was dripping slowly, drop by drop.


    After resting at this angle for a while, the camera suddenly made a 180-degree flip.


    When the camera stopped moving, there was a close-up shot on the screen—a close-up of a scarecrow’s face.


    Everyone who saw this was slightly stunned.


    Was this not the scarecrow from ‘Charlie’s Game’?


    Did the manufacturingpany advertise it again?


    The special effects in this video seemed to be even more realistic than thest one...


    However, thepany’s name was not mentionedst time.


    This time, they would be revealing themselves, right?


    Theizens who were extremely curious about this were still holding back their difort as they continued to watch the video.


    However, the advertising slogan that they were expecting did not appear.


    Instead, it was reced by a creepy smile and a closing sentence.


    [I’m right here, watching you.]